The AI race is increasingly industry-led. Universities, however, can still shape its direction through distinctive science, shared infrastructure, stronger partnerships, and world-class research talent.
Education
- Masters in City Planning (MCP), Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- BSc, Civil Engineering, Urban Studies and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tejus Kothari leads Boston Consulting Group's Education, Employment and Economic Development team in North America. He works with governors' offices, state agencies, business civic CEO groups, and university presidents on their most complex priorities: setting strategic direction, structuring the institutions and agencies that are tasked with delivering on it, getting to an executable plan, and delivering results. In higher education, he has advised presidents, systems, and governing boards on differentiation, financial sustainability, and large-scale transformation. For states, he has worked on economic growth strategy, sector and cluster development, workforce and talent pipelines, and agency structure and operating models.
Tejus was lead author of BCG's assessment of US states' readiness for the AI economy and co-authored its work on AI in higher education.
Based in Chicago, Tejus also leads BCG's Public Sector practice in the Great Lakes. He serves on the Emeritus Board of BCG's Center for Illinois' Future and is a Leadership Greater Chicago Fellow. Earlier in his career he worked in BCG's Southeast Asia system and was part of the founding team of a successful digital education startup.
